Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They erm well apparently he said a few of them got in trouble he said , and heads had to roll and one of them was his ! |
| 2 | From Winnipeg — where he had to work a bootlegging ruse to get a drink — he hitched to New York to stay with some friends of Philip : they were in Vermont and so he busked a few days in Manhattan , perhaps even sang for his supper in Greenwich Village . |
| 3 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
| 4 | The police would have to be told about Zoe 's murder tomorrow , but tonight he had a few hours of peace . |
| 5 | There was no need to leave now ; he could stay and talk the matter out He took a few moments to arrange his thoughts , make a few educated guesses and assess the full extent of the plot which had been built around him . |
| 6 | Even he got a few of the good lines , none better than when a malingerer produced a succession of ‘ chits ’ excusing him one arduous duty after the other . |
| 7 | If he truly believed there was more to her actions , if he had married her to protect her life or reputation , why could n't he spare a few insignificant minutes to listen to her now ? |
| 8 | If you have n't seen the doctor before you have your bath you have to stay undressed until you have , and then he takes a few details . |
| 9 | He tasted it , and then he put a few of the sachets in his pocket . |
| 10 | Maybe he had a little doubt as he approached the ramp , but he opened up the throttle again and landed on the rear wheel , as planned . ’ |
| 11 | She last saw him on January 16 when he packed a few items of clothing and left home . |
| 12 | What it boiled down to was : there was here , where he had friends and family , or there was London where he had a few friends and a lot of contacts , and it felt like things were happening , and where you could fill time with something no matter how mixed up and fraudulent you felt … or there was abroad , of course ; the rest of the world ; India ( to take the most extreme example he 'd found so far ) , where you felt like an alien , lumbering and self-conscious , materially far more rich and spiritually far more poor than the people who thronged the place , where just by that intensity of touching , that very sweating crowdedness , you felt more apart , more consigned to a different , echoing place inside yourself . |
| 13 | Cheyney passed from Sandhurst into the army , buying a commission in a regiment which was ordered to India , where he spent a few years in inactive service . |
| 14 | Afterwards he had a few words with Hob 's wife , the children cowering around her . |